Yes. But He immediately told Paul to go to Damascus (Acts 22:10), and He then sent Ananias to lay hands on Paul to fill him with the Holy Spirit and to baptize him, and then Paul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus before he started preaching (Acts 9:11-19). And the leaders of the Antioch church laid hands on Paul and Barnabas before sending Paul on his first missionary journey (Acts 13:2-3). Paul was in full communion with the rest of the Church through the laying of hands, not going it alone. And church leaders today aren't generally doing the miracles Paul was doing, which gave his message weight: "My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power." (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)
Still doesn’t support the Catholic claim to apostolic succession.